majormajor
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- Jun 23, 2018
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There was a lot of skepticism that his scoring would translate and that he'd be able to keep up at the NHL level with his skating (wide turns, lacks agility).For sure the injury didn’t help. I just find it hard to understand how a 17 year old complete C with decent size dropped outside of the top 10. Especially considering his U18 season in Liiga was almost identical to Puljujarvi and Kotkaniemi who both went top 4.